They say variety is the spice of life, well turns out it’s the key to healthy guts too. Why should we care about our guts? Well strong research is emerging of the link between our gut health and both our phsyical and mental wellbeing.
dairy free
salmon patties
Me and my daughter love these, I don’t serve fish as much as I’d like to so these are a great option for adding more fish into our meals.
feeding kids, for French sake!
Kate Wengier from Foost and Marie-France Laval from fussy eating solutions recently sat down over a delicious lunch to discuss food and nutrition. Welcome to their conversation.
talk kindly to yourself, small ears are listening
Eating disorders are truly devastating for the social, mental and physical wellbeing of those affected, making their prevention a high priority for healthcare professionals. Yet with so much unrealistic messaging online and on TV, it might feel like our kids are doomed to spend their lives debating how many carrots and celery sticks they can have before the guilt of weight gain sets in. Thankfully the science of psychology teaches us that there is a simple way to address our children’s perception of their own bodies through the language we use.
kale chips
After using a big bunch of chopped kale in your salads, a frittata, a pasta dish or perhaps in spinach, ricotta and kale pie, you find there’s still plenty of kale leftover. A great idea to use up half the bunch is to make kale chips!
Cam’s sage pumpkin pizza
Making healthy gourmet food doesn’t have to be complicated. This pizza can be made by anyone, tastes amazing, and takes almost no effort!
curried cauliflower, lentil and kale salad with Persian feta
Cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable, we love serving it up in so many of our recipes! In this recipe, we’ve roasted the cauliflower in curry powder, giving it a great smokey flavour, which pairs so nicely with the creamy Persian feta.
Edible Christmas gifts!
The festive season also means a time for festive meals and treats and so, we think – what a great opportunity to combine gift-giving with food, by making some creative and edible treats as gifts!
Cam’s tex mex jacket sweet potatoes
The humble jacket potato is one of the easiest ways to make filling and satisfying interactive dishes for all kinds of tastes and even fussy eaters!
Eloisa’s peanut butter and oat cookies
Using only 4 ingredients including delicious peanut butter, this quick cookie recipe is great for snacks, picnics or office morning teas!
Cam’s springtime lentil curry
A delicious springtime lentil curry full of flavour and healthy veggies. The best way to feed the family or special guests!
superfood vs well, just regular food!
In the past few years, many commonly eaten foods including oats, nuts and seeds, yoghurt or eggs have gone from being called, well, just ‘food,’ to being considered a ‘superfood’ and the change can be leave many people understandably confused about why all of a sudden, regular food now needs to be called something different. Are these foods doing something to our bodies which they weren’t before they were being called ‘superfood?’ or was the term simply created to market these foods more and amp up their price?